BRISTLEGRASS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet

Synonyms:

bristle grass; bristlegrass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bristlegrass" is a kind of...):

foxtail; foxtail grass (grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes)

Holonyms ("bristlegrass" is a member of...):

genus Setaria; Setaria (annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses)